WATCH: Biff Poggi reacts to Michigan football blowing out Central Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines football interim head coach Biff Poggi met with the media following his team’s 63-3 win over Central Michigan Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor. Watch video from his postgame press conference here.

Interim head coach Biff Poggi

Here are some notes from Poggi’s press conference:

• On why he wore sleeves: My friend Warde Manuel said congratulations, but you’re wearing sleeves, no shorts, and a cap. That’s what went into it. 

• On senior linebacker/EDGE Jaishawn Barham: I thought he set the tone early. Wink had a really good plan. We were going to move him around more so you’d have to account for him. And he is a very, very explosive player. I thought he set the tone early and kept going for us. 

• On junior running back Justice Haynes:
He rushed for over 100 again. Coming into the game, he was the fourth leading rusher in the nation. He’s very dangerous. I think he got a 70 called back or something like that. He’s developing, and he’s a dynamic back. We have a bunch of dynamic backs.

• On Bryce Underwood running more for the Michigan offense this game: Sherrone really wanted to open things up with him a little bit when he felt it was the right time to do so. He was young, and you want to kid of steer him into it. Chip Lindsey really took that mandate and I think did a great job. Bryce is just … so it was a plan to get him using his legs a little bit more, but I have a labrador retriever who could coach that guy. He’s unbelievable. 

It’s critical, because what he does is he does not … when a quarterback can extend a play. You’re a defense, you play two plays really well and you think you’re getting off the field and this kid extends the play with his legs. Those plays are heartbreaking for defenses. It takes a lot out of you, and it breaks your spirit a little bit. 

Boy, he’s gifted. You all saw that. But he is so gifted. I’m glad we got him.

• On the Michigan offensive line: Sherrone spent all individual this week with the offensive line. He was the best offensive line coach in the country for two years and won the back to back Moore awards, and in my opinion the best coordinator, too. He got over there and started looking at things, and I think that will continue when he gets back. And I think that’s really important for our football team. 

We played I think all of our offensive linemen, and there was not an instance in the game, which is rare, where our second and third units were not knocking people off the ball. I think that’s really impressive. And they’re very young. This is a really young football team. Highly talented, but very young.